Shundo said this of a cookie that was broken and therefore not suitable to serve for tea.  It is another exemplar of a category many small kitchen items fall into: […]

My friend Jennie suggested that I continue exploring the concept of the “offered”  in reference to the “shirtless in Hawaii” photos. Here is a stretchy interpretation what constitutes an offering–“tacit

The second Zen Bodhisattva precept cultivates the practice of taking only what is offered. This is a very robust precept and while most of us do not rob banks, it’s

I opened the refrigerator, looked in on my almond milk. Yes it was still almond milk. I stood there for a moment longer, during which interval a complex series of